Plano, TX — Back in the summer of 2008, Royce Holland, chairman of Masergy, a managed services firm, asked Chris MacFarland, a company outsider at the time, to take a hard look at his company. Five years later, MacFarland is opening a new chapter of growth for the middle-market firm as he serves as [...]
For Masergy’s MacFarland, Liquidity Falls from the Cloud
Plano, Texas — When it came to liquidity, Masergy was beginning to appear a bit “long in the tooth,” says Chris MacFarland, commenting on the timing of his arrival at the managed services and cloud communications firm where he now serves as CEO. Back in the summer of 2008, MacFarland, a company outsider at the [...]
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